 The silence was so great as the Lexington approached the dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three spasmodic rolls, hung for a moment on the rocks...  Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 270by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 922 pages
...the dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of every man present. The Neosho followed next; all her... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 598 pages
...the dam that a pin might almost be heard to full. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of every man present. " The AiosAo followed next; all... | |
 | United States. Navy Department - 1864 - 854 pages
...the dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a lull head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of every man present. The jseosho followed next ; all... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - 1864 - 916 pages
...the dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of every man present. The Neosho followed next ; all her... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1865 - 1244 pages
...the dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of every man present. " The Neosho followed next ; all... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1865 - 902 pages
...the dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal joy seemed to pervade the face of every man present. The Hindman and Osage both came... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1865 - 778 pages
...the dam, that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...was then swept into deep water by the current, and rounded to safely into the bank. Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer, and universal... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 944 pages
...dam that a pin might almost be heard to fall. She entered the gap •wit ha full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...was then swept into deep water by the current, and rounded to safelj HISTOEY OF THE GREAT BEBELLION. into the bank. Thirty thousand voices rose in one... | |
 | 1865 - 866 pages
...that a pin might almost have been heard to fall. She entered the gap with a full head of steam on, pitched down the roaring torrent, made two or three...rocks below, was then swept into deep water by the currents, and rounded to safely into the bank. Thirty thousand voices rose in one deafening cheer,... | |
 | 1865 - 870 pages
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